Displaying items 61-72 of 2913
» View wdbj7.com items only
< Previous
•
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-243
•
Next >
-
Lawmakers retreat from high-profile energy legislation
After a 2012 focused on major long-term energy issues, the Legislature retreated a bit from high profile energy legislation this year. Instead, attention was more narrowly focused on altering existing laws regarding the construction of nuclear power...Tags: Executive Branch, Sales, Ethanol, Government, Crime, Law and Justice
-
Springfield gets $400,000 grant from EPA to clean up brownfields
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Springfield was one of 11 entities in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska to be selected for award on May 8 for a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to assess, clean up and revitalize brownfield properties. The EPA allocated...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues
-
Keystone Center Offers Discussion On Pebble's Study
Channel 2 NewsMarine mammals ranging from sea otters to sea ducks were discussed on the final day of a science panel put on by The Keystone Center, a company hired by The Pebble Partnership, to review The Pebble Partnership Environmental Baseline Studies. At the...Tags: Science and Technology, Zoology, Mining, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Metal and Mineral
-
Clock is ticking, slowly, on rules for coal-fired power plants
POOLESVILLE, Md. — On a curve of the Potomac River 37 miles northwest of Washington, the Dickerson power plant has stood sentry over small villages, crop fields and horse farms for more than half a century. Burning mostly coal and some natural...
Tags: Electricity Production and Distribution, Mining, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Energy Resources, Metal and Mineral
-
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere crosses historic threshold
WASHINGTON -- The ratio of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has surpassed 400 parts per million in an average daily reading at Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory, the highest concentration of the heat-trapping greenhouse gas in millions of...
Tags: Weather, Science and Technology, Natural Disasters, Global Warming, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
-
Maine votes to ban ethanol in gasoline, takes stand against E15
Autoblog.comFiled under: Ethanol, Legislation and Policy If it can go in your gas tank, it's potentially controversial up in Maine. A few years ago, out-of-spec gas pumps were a problem. Today, the issue is the corn-based biofuel ethanol, which the state... -
FACTBOX-EU quest to curb airline emissions
ReutersMay 13 (Reuters) - The European Union signed in April a temporary freeze of its requirement all aircraft pay for carbon emissions through the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) if they use EU airports. The executive European Commission had proposed the...Tags: International Organizations, European Union, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of State, Politics
-
State's renewable energy fund lacks power to fulfill purpose
Five years ago, Illinois passed legislation requiring electric suppliers to buy more renewable energy such as wind and solar power and then pass those costs on to customers. The intent of the mandate was to have so-called green electricity accounting for...
Tags: Sales, Crime, Law and Justice, Wind Power, Credit and Debt, Business
-
Group to consider how to get more information about pesticide use in Md.
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comIn July, members of a work group created as a result of a measure that passed the Maryland General Assembly earlier this year will start looking at ways to get more information about pesticide use in the state. This group — which will consist of...Tags: Autism, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Maryland General Assembly, Asthma, Environmental Issues
-
Fracking's risks greatly overstated
In a recent letter to the editor ("Fracking is not the answer for U.S. economy," May 7), David Wagenheim relies on outdated and previously debunked talking points in an attempt to convince readers that hydraulic fracturing harms groundwater,...Tags: Catonsville, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Lisa P. Jackson
-
EPA Grants $1 Million For Brownfield Cleanup In Hartford, East Hartford
The Hartford CourantThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted a total of $1 million to Hartford and East Hartford to clean up industrial pollution. The grants provide communities with funding necessary to "assess, clean up and redevelop contaminated properties,...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Goodwin College, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Education
-
Federal agencies expand urban rivers effort
Federal officials announced Friday a major expansion of the “urban waters” initiative they kicked off in Baltimore nearly two years ago, adding 11 new blighted water ways around the country to the seven they’ve already pledged to help...
Tags: Science and Technology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Patapsco, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues
May 13, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 13, 2013
|Story| KY3-TV
May 7, 2013
|Story| KTUU
May 12, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 10, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 10, 2013
|Blog| Autoblog.com
May 12, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 13, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 12, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
May 12, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 10, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
May 10, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Original site for Environmental Politics topic gallery.